Where does MannKind Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MannKind Corporation ranks #2,560 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does MannKind Corporation hold?

MannKind Corporation holds 152 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is MannKind Corporation's Innovation Score?

MannKind Corporation has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MannKind Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MannKind Corporation's recent grant velocity is -31% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for MannKind Corporation's patents?

MannKind Corporation's patents average 16.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the MannKind Corporation patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

MannKind Corporation

Q: What technology areas does MannKind Corporation focus on?

MannKind Corporation's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 85 patents. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 152 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mannkind ranks #2,560 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 152 patents across 30 technology areas.

#2,560
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2560 · US Corporation #2,560 · 152 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 152 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,560/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HiDeep
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HiDeep Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arizona Board OF… · near

52
Kraft Foods Group… · near

52
MannKind · this assignee

52
Singapore Health… · near

52
Voxx International · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mannkind's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Where Mannkind's grants concentrate

MannKind Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 55.9% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (20 grants) versus a trough of 9 in 2022. By volume, Mannkind sits between HiDeep Inc. and Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation.

Mannkind's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, MannKind Corporation moved from 41 to 32 grants (0.78x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,895. See the growth leaderboard.

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152
Intra-cellular Th…

152
Joyson Safety Sys…

152
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152
Merlin Technology

152
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152
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152
Peregrine Semicon…

152
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152

What this shows MannKind holds 152 patents at rank #2,561, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MannKind

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in MannKind's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MannKind, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Singapore Health Services PTE. Ltd. 52 Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC 52 Voxx International Corporation 52 Arizona Board OF Regents, A Body Corporate OF THE State OF Arizona Acting FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Hitachi Energy Ltd 16.3 avg 3D Systems, Inc. 16.3 avg Quanta Associates, L.P. 16.3 avg ABL IP Holding LLC 16.3 avg

Mannkind's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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MannKind Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	10.5%
2016	20	13.2%
2017	19	12.5%
2018	17	11.2%
2019	14	9.2%
2020	17	11.2%
2021	10	6.6%
2022	9	5.9%
2023	12	7.9%
2024	11	7.2%
2025partial year	7	4.6%

Which technologies does MannKind Corporation patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 85

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 70

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 47

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 45

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 15

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 6

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

G01G - Weighing 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

Top 15 of 30 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,560

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

MannKind Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MannKind Corporation's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 55.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #2,560 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MannKind Corporation against HiDeep Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.7/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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